John Forsythe

  • James Goldstone – Cry Panic (1974)

    1971-1980James GoldstoneMysteryThrillerUSA

    A man accidentially runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect that the locals, including the sheriff, are keeping secrets about the victim.Read More »

  • Jack Arnold – The Glass Web (1953)

    1951-1960Film NoirJack ArnoldThrillerUSA

    Plot Synopsis
    from IMDB

    Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe and Richard Denning are involved in the weekly production of realism crime TV show called “Crime of the Week”. Kathleen Hughes plays an actress who “uses” men to achieve her goals. Both Forsythe and Robinson, unbeknownst to each other are involved with her…..Read More »

  • Richard Brooks – The Happy Ending (1969)

    1961-1970DramaRichard BrooksUSA

    Quote:
    The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife Mary Wilson (Jean Simmons), a woman who believes that ultimate reality exists above and beyond the routine procedures of conscious, uninspired, everyday life. She feels cheated by an older generation that taught her to settle for nothing less than storybook finales, people who are disillusioned and restless and don’t know why, people for whom life holds no easy answers. Great supporting cast includes John Forsythe, Teresa Wright, Lloyd Bridges, Shirley Jones, Bobby Darin, Tina Louise, Dick Shawn, and Nanette Fabray.Read More »

  • Richard Brooks – In Cold Blood (1967)

    1961-1970ClassicsCrimeRichard BrooksUSA

    Synopsis:
    In meeting in Kansas, ex-cons Perry Smith and Dick Hickock are breaking several conditions of their respective paroles. The meeting, initiated by Dick, is to plan and eventually carry out a robbery based on information he had received from a fellow inmate about $10,000 cash being locked in a hidden safe in the home of the farming Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas. After the robbery, they plan on going to Mexico permanently to elude capture by the police. Each brings a necessary personality to the partnership to carry out the plan, Dick who is the brash manipulator, Perry the outwardly more sensitive but unrealistic dreamer with a violent streak under the surface.Read More »

  • Alfred Hitchcock – The Trouble with Harry (1955)

    1951-1960Alfred HitchcockComedyCrimeUSA

    Synopsis:
    There is a dead well-dressed man in a meadow clearing in the hills above a small Vermont town. Captain Albert Wiles, who stumbles across the body and finds by the man’s identification that his name is Harry Worp, believes he accidentally shot Harry dead while he was hunting rabbits. Captain Wiles wants to hide the body as he feels it is an easier way to deal with the situation than tell the authorities. While Captain Wiles is in the adjacent forest, he sees other people stumble across Harry, most of whom don’t seem to know him or care or notice that he’s dead. Read More »

  • Joseph Pevney – It Happens Every Thursday (1953)

    1951-1960ComedyJoseph PevneyUSA

    from TCM:
    One morning in New York City, newspaper reporter Bob MacAvoy finishes his nighttime shift and stumbles into bed just as his very pregnant wife Jane rises. Jane cares for their young son Steve and then, while riding the subway to work, notices an advertisement for a small newspaper in Eden, California. Tired of never seeing her husband and living in their cramped apartment, Jane rushes home and convinces Bob that the paper represents the perfect escape from their city life. Read More »

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